Best place to buy HDD

[Alpine]

Hello,

Looking to buy few hdd to replace my old raid 5 with 5X 3tb hdd. Where do you thing is the best place to buy few 8tb hdd at the best price?

 

[KaptCrunch]

sata or scsi ? what controlier on system

sata1 sata2 or sata3 need to match drives

role for the drives ? NAS, video or gaming

 

[lowfat]

Keep an eye on or sub to Bapcsalescanada on reddit. Look for 10TB Seagate or Western Digitial externals. The 10TB ones will not be SMR drives and they'll likely be cheaper than internal 8TB CMR drives.

 

[MARSTG]

I heard Amazon is packing better the HDDs for shipping than Newegg, as I have seen more positive reviews for the same models on Amazon than Newegg.

 

[Coach]

Ordered this 10TB on Prime Day. Will shuck the enclosure, should be a Barracuda Pro in there

 

[lowfat]

Ordered this 10TB on Prime Day. Will shuck the enclosure, should be a Barracuda Pro in there

Unless it is old stock I think it will be an Ironwolf.

 

[Coach]

Unless it is old stock I think it will be an Ironwolf.

Ok good to know.

OT but why don't they but crap drives in those enclosures?

 

[Alpine]

Sorry, i've been so busy at work since this msg as been posted.

First, i currently have 5X 3TB sata 3 in a Raid5 config, working with a LSI9261-8I. They are all connected via a SAS to sata cable.

I'm looking to buy 2 or 3 8tb drives to replace my old setup since my drives are getting older and before they died.

I think i gonna follow up the idea from Coach and i find this Seagate 8tb 169$ on amazon.

8TB HHD

Is there any better place to buy hdd at better price ? Why hdd are still so pricy ?

 

[lowfat]

Sorry, i've been so busy at work since this msg as been posted.

First, i currently have 5X 3TB sata 3 in a Raid5 config, working with a LSI9261-8I. They are all connected via a SAS to sata cable.

I'm looking to buy 2 or 3 8tb drives to replace my old setup since my drives are getting older and before they died.

I think i gonna follow up the idea from Coach and i find this Seagate 8tb 169$ on amazon.

8TB HHD

Is there any better place to buy hdd at better price ? Why hdd are still so pricy ?

IMO wait till Black Friday now. Last year you could find some ~$200 10TB externals.

Don't buy the 8TBs as they'll be SMR. All the 10TB drives are CMR.

 

[Alpine]

Ok... i leave the 8tb option in the trash.

So, black friday is the best solution ? I hope they will not sell used hdd or re-certified hdd